The Evil Prince of IDE
Richard B. Johnson
rjohnson@analogic.com
With apologies to Sun Microsystems. Permission to duplicate
is hereby given.
Once upon a time there was a great King who ruled the land
named for the luminous orb rising in the East. The King made
great Chariots with fiery wheels that ran fast and true.
These Chariots were much adored and were in great demand far
and wide.
It came to pass that such was the greatness of the King's
Chariots that the King decreed; "From this time forth, and
even forevermore, all persons great and small shall use the
King's Chariots."
But, alas, the cost of the King's Chariots was very great.
He called upon himself all the land's great wizards,
sorcerers, and money-changers and decreed that they should
reduce the cost of the Chariots so that all persons from the
lowest of hand-maidens to the greatest of Princes could use
the King's Chariots. Messengers were sent, far and wide, to
the four corners of the earth, inquiring to reduce the cost
of the great King's Chariots.
The wheels of the King's Chariots were made from spokes of
strong timber, bound with bands of steel, and formed to
perfect trueness by the wheelwrights of the Prince of SCSI.
For this, they ran fast and true.
In a dark corner of the land lived the evil Prince of IDE
who made Chariot wheels of straw, bound in clay. For absent
of substance, and wheelwrights skills, they would not run
true.
The evil Prince of IDE declared that the Chariot's wheels,
made by the Prince of SCSI, were too great of cost. If the
King's Chariots were increased in strength so they could use
wheels of IDE, which did not run true, the cost would be
much reduced.
So the King decreed; "From this time forth, and even
forevermore, all the King's Chariots shall use wheels from
the Prince of IDE."
But, alas, the Chariots using wheels of the Prince of IDE,
ran far too slow. So slow were the wheels, because they did
not run true, that the Chariots ran far into the darkness of
night, and even unto the Sabbath which was against the rule.
So the Prince of RAID declared that if the King's Chariots
were tied with a golden strand, altogether unto a Chariot of
RAID drawn by fiery dragons, they could once again complete
their journey before darkness descended upon the land.
So the King decreed; "From this time forth, and even
forevermore, all the King's Chariots shall be tied with a
golden strand unto the Chariot of RAID."
But, alas, a voice was heard crying in the wilderness; "Why
shall we tie our Chariots to the Chariot of RAID, drawn by
fiery dragons, instead of changing to the wheels of SCSI
which ran fast and true?"
Hearing this, the evil Prince of IDE sent his dragons to
slew the voice crying in the wilderness.
-()-
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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